Connie Henry
An overview
Connie Cynthia Henry MBE is a female social mobility consultant and former international triple jumper who won bronze in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
She is the founder and director of Track Academy by Connie Henry in North West London, a registered charity which supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through sport, education and mentoring, thus creating social mobility.
Connie Henry
Athletics was and still is a big part of Connie’s life and 1998 was a real highlight, starting with a triple jump victory at that year’s AAA Championships. She also set an Australian all-comers record of 13.86m, leading to an invitation to compete in the country’s national championships.
In the summer of 1998, she set a personal best of 13.95m in Thurrock, took fourth at the European Cup, and represented Great Britain at the 1998 European Athletics Championships. Her season culminated in a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Connie launched Track Academy in 2007 at the Willesden Sports Centre in London, where she herself trained as a teenager. Sporting sessions are held for two- to 21-year-olds three times a week, with toddler sessions for two-year-olds up and multi-skills classes available for children aged from four to ten. Members are offered English and Maths classes also. The work of Track Academy was featured in an ITV documentary, Run For Your Life, in April 2019.
